The Fish Dies by its Mouth and So Does George Tenet

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George Tenet never learned the first law of crisis management--when you are in a hole, quit digging. Despite a disastrous appearance on 60 Minutes last Sunday, Tenet continues his publicity tour hyping his book and seems oblivious to the reality of Lexis Nexis, Google, and videotape. The anger and outrage that many of my former CIA colleagues and I feel toward George Tenet is not personal, at least in the sense that we "dont' like him". On a personal basis Tenet can be gregarious and generous. He is a good dad and husband and did some good things at CIA.

Our beef with Tenet is simple--he not only repeatedly failed to tell the Congress and the American people the truth he knew about Iraq on several critical issues, but he consciously participated in selling a lie to the American people. Don't take my word for it, take Tenet's. Consider the issue of the alleged relationship between Al Qaeda and Saddam Hussein.

Here is what George Tenet said on 60 Minutes last Sunday:

"In terms of complicity with 9/11, absolutely none," Tenet says. "It never made any sense. We could never verify that there was any Iraqi authority, direction and control, complicity with al Qaeda for 9/11 or any operational act against America. Period."

"The president, in October of 2002, quote: 'We need to think about Saddam Hussein using al Qaeda to do his dirty work.' Is that what you're telling the president?" Pelley asks.

"Well, we didn't believe al Qaeda was gonna do Saddam Hussein's dirty work," Tenet says.

"January '03, the president again, quote: 'Imagine those 19 hijackers this time armed by Saddam Hussein.' Is that what you're telling the president?" Pelley asks.

"No," Tenet says.

Now. He says he knew this on the day Al Qaeda attacked America in September 2001. Really? Then why in the name of God did George Tenet say this before Congress on February 11, 2003:



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[DawnIsis]

1. Tenet should be in prison, better yet Guantanamo.

He is admitting he lied to Congress surely he is guilty of some kind of crime.